INTELLIGENT CABLING
R&M rolls out 6,000 kms network
at Istanbul New Airport
R&M is the primary
structured cabling supplier
for the world’s digital-first
airport according to Michel
Riva at R&M.
Istanbul New Airport will be the first Tier-3 certificated and completely digital-first airport in the world. Announcements, fire
alarms, cameras, card access, flight management and air traffic control will run on R&M’s fire-resistant copper cables.
R
&M, the global Swiss developer
and provider of cabling systems
for high-quality network
infrastructures, has started the delivery
and implementation of a cutting-edge
network cabling infrastructure for Istanbul
New Airport. Istanbul New Airport will
be constructed over an area 76.5 million
square metres to the north of Istanbul,
which will be completed in four phases.
The first phase will be finalised in 2018
with the opening of two runways and
a terminal with a 90 million passenger
capacity. Once complete, the new airport
will offer flights to more than 350
destinations with an annual passenger
capacity up to 200 million. On completion
of all four phases, Istanbul New Airport
will have six active runways, 250 aircraft
and parking facilities for 18,000 cars.
With the increased utilisation and
dependence on IT systems in modern
air travel, a high-performance cabling
network is the critical platform for
airport’s entire internal and external
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telecommunications plus other operational
applications and services. Michel Riva,
CEO of R&M, states that Istanbul New
Airport is the company’s biggest project in
Turkey and one of the largest globally.
On completion of the first phase, R&M
will have supplied a total length of 4,500
kms of copper and over 1,600 kms of
fibre-optic cables. Leveraging its extensive
expertise in large-scale projects for the
aviation sector, the manufacturer aims
to finish the installation of the cabling
infrastructure by the first quarter of 2018.
This high-performance cabling network
will connect and support the key airport
systems, including its ICT infrastructure
for security, police and customs. Each of
these systems has required customisation
of the cabling, including specific colour
coding. In total, the number of installed
RJ45 ports will exceed 90,000 in the first
phase of the project.
IGA, the company building the new
airport, has designed its mission-critical
datacentre infrastructure with R&M’s
Michel Riva, CEO of R&M.
latest products including Netscale,
the world’s highest-density fibre cable
management solution. Given the immense
scale of the airport, R&M has also supplied
its flagship automated infrastructure
management solution, R&MinteliPhy,
which centralises and automates the
entire cabling infrastructure. This greatly
simplifies management and will allow
IGA’s IT team to rapidly and conveniently
scale the network as needed.
Riva commented that Istanbul
New Airport has given the company a
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